Tim Hecker - No Highs [Kranky]

[NewSchoolScience]

 

[mcbpete]

Sounds kinda Clark-y

[scumtron]

Amazing news. 

[logakght]

Hyped, but I think he peaked with Ravedeath.

Edited January 26, 2023 by logakght

[auxien]

track sounds decent

[scumtron]

Tim Hecker is also out with a new OST today. To the creepy looking Infinity Pool by Cronenberg Jr. Great atmosphere that makes me wanna see the movie, but not as strong as a stand alone album, like The North Water OST. 

[beerwolf]

I’ve listened to lots of TH but never really seen (or heard) the light. I’ll still play this when it comes out though. I think Ravedeath is also my favourite but it never blew my socks off. Might blow the dust off it and give it another spin…

Edited January 27, 2023 by beerwolf

[logakght]

Sounds good, but nothing compared to bedroom Tim Hecker—this sounds too polished and cinematic for my taste.

[scumtron]

NTS MIX

[Alcofribas]

it's like every "experimental" artist must sacrifice themselves on the professional soundtrack composer altar

sounds fine, like every other thing that sounds like this playing in the background of a european crime drama (limited series)

[logakght]

Yo the new album is kind of good actually.

[NewSchoolScience]

Fuck all you haters, this is great 

[danshoebridge]

Tim may talk a right load of bollocks in interviews, but he does sometimes come up with the goods too. This is sounding like his best one in years. 

[kuniklo]

Impressed with this on the first spin. The noisy elements are there but not so far forward to be distracting.

[logakght]

Actually, I'm liking it a lot.

[logakght]

Tim Hecker the sound poet.

[cern]

I have only heard "Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again" that everyone is liking so much. I didn't connect with it!

Should I give this one a go? Or some other album you prefer? 

[logakght]

8 minutes ago, cern said:

I have only heard "Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again" that everyone is liking so much. I didn't connect with it!

Should I give this one a go? Or some other album you prefer? 

My friend, I consider Anxiety as The Artist Statement—here he defines what's his capable of, and what has become a parody of itself.

You need to hear it with headphones, otherwise it literally doesn't exists.

[scumtron]

49 minutes ago, cern said:

I have only heard "Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again" that everyone is liking so much. I didn't connect with it!

Should I give this one a go? Or some other album you prefer? 

Try Ravedeath or Harmony In Ultraviolet. I enjoy all his stuff, but these are slightly more accessible? Haunt Me was my first TH, and I think it’s an amazing album.

[logakght]

Yeah, for this album you need to be familiar with all the Tim Hecker mythos.

[hello spiral]

lmao

[logakght]

If anyone's interested here's Hecker's PHD thesis on loud sounds: https://www.are.na/block/21331892

[NewSchoolScience]

Our hero speaks

 

[beerwolf]

On 1/27/2023 at 8:39 AM, beerwolf said:

I’ve listened to lots of TH but never really seen (or heard) the light. I’ll still play this when it comes out though. I think Ravedeath is also my favourite but it never blew my socks off. Might blow the dust off it and give it another spin…

Oooft. Just listened to Ravedeath 1972 with dusk falling. Perfectly hit the spot. Sounds much better than I gave it credit for. 

[NewSchoolScience]

35 minutes ago, beerwolf said:

Oooft. Just listened to Ravedeath 1972 with dusk falling. Perfectly hit the spot. Sounds much better than I gave it credit for. 

Ravedeath 1972 is sensational.